Exaile vs Quod Libet
Exaile
exaile.org
Quod Libet
quodlibet.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Exaile | Quod Libet |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Media Player Software | 8.5 (#12) | 8.2 (#24) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Listed plugin capabilities include Last.fm scrobbling, portable media player support, podcasts, Icecast and Soma.FM radio, and ReplayGain. | The project lists plugins for MusicBrainz, CDDB, Last.fm, Sonos, Logitech Squeezebox, dBus, and MQTT. |
| License model | free | free |
| Network playback | Yes | Yes |
| Supported platforms | windows,macos,linux | The project repository describes Quod Libet as available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. |
| Playlists | It offers tabbed playlists and smart playlists with filtering and search capabilities. | The features page lists playlist import and export for XSPF, M3U, and PLS formats. |
| Plugins | Exaile is extensible through more than 50 distributed plugins. | The features page says Quod Libet has over 80 plugins, including integrations for Last.fm, MusicBrainz, CDDB, Sonos, and Logitech Squeezebox. |
| Product | Exaile is a music player with a simple interface and music management capabilities. | Quod Libet is a GTK+-based audio player and music library manager written in Python that uses the Mutagen tagging library. |
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In their own words
Quod Libet
Quod Libet is a free audio player for Linux, macOS and Windows, built with GTK+ and written in Python. It handles libraries with tens of thousands of songs and supports formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Opus, FLAC, Musepack, MOD, XM, IT, WavPack, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA, MIDI and Monkey’s Audio. Users can browse by tags or directories and search with regular expressions, structured boolean logic or Python expressions. Its tag editor supports Unicode, batch changes and renaming files based on tags. Playback features include Replay Gain, shuffle, a configurable queue, podcasts, Internet radio and playlist import and export in XSPF, M3U and PLS formats. Plugins include integrations for MusicBrainz, CDDB, Last.fm, Sonos and Logitech Squeezebox; the feature page lists more than 80 contributed plugins. Podcast feeds are checked every two hours, and episodes can be downloaded. Radio streams support MP3 and Ogg Vorbis; other formats may need additional GStreamer plugins, and stations cannot be added to playlists or the play queue. Playback requires GStreamer or xine-lib. Quod Libet is free software under GNU GPL version 2 or later, though alternate terms may apply to some files or modules. The listed macOS 4.6.1 disk image is marked unofficial.